Preparatory Meeting Civil Parties in Case 001 & Exhibition of Victims Participation in Case 001

The Civil Parties of Case 001 were invited to discuss the upcoming judgement. It became clear that during the meeting the majority of the civil parties fear disappointment in the verdict. Many questions were asked to the Civil Party Lawyers in this regard. Additionally many civil parties are concerned about their pending status as civil party. In the worst case scenario many civil parties could be rejected in the end.
Apart from the preparatory meeting of the civil parties in the morning, the exhibition of victims´ participation in Case 001 was presented in the afternoon. The exhibition marks another significant contribution by the NGOs in this transitional justice process.
Mr. Thun Saray, president of ADHOC made following welcoming remarks: “With the exhibition today, we expect that the voices of the victims of crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime, especially in S-21 security center, will be loudly heard and strengthened. Their participation has a great deal of personal meaning and allows them to share these participatory experiences with their relatives and neighbors in their respective communities.”